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ANCIENT COINS ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ANCIENT COINS Greek Italy 1 Etruria, Populonia, 4th century BC, Didrachm 8.1g, head of Gorgon facing, X:X below, rev plain (cf SNG ANS 83). Usual die flaw, very fine. £350-400 2 Calabria, Tarentum, Wheel Didrachm, c.500-473 BC, ΤΑΡΑΣ, in retrograde, dolphin-rider (Taras or Phalanthus) right, cockle-shell beneath, rev wheel of four spokes, 7.45g (SNG Cop 767). About very fine, nice dark patina. £500-600 3 Calabria, Tarentum, Didrachm, c.380-345 BC, period III, armed rider with shield left, letter T under the horse, rev ΤΑΡΑΣ, dolphin-rider (Taras or Phalanthus) holding Corinthian helmet left, waves and letter I beneath, 7.89g, 12h (SNG Cop 816; Vlasto 437). Nice dark patina, well centred, very fine. £450-500 4 Calabria, Tarentum, Didrachm, c.281-272 BC, period VII, jockey crowning his horse right, ΙΩ behind, ΝΕΥ/ΜΗ under the horse, rev ΤΑΡΑΣ, dolphin-rider (Taras or Phalanthus) holding Corinthian helmet left, stars on either side, ΠΟΛΥ behind, 6.51g, 12h (SNG Cop 888). Nice patina, well centred, very fine. £450-500 5 Calabria, Tarentum, Didrachm, c.281-272 BC, period VII, jockey crowning himself right, ΙΩ behind and ΙΑΛΟ and capital of ionic column beneath, rev ΤΑΡΑΣ, dolphin-rider (Taras or Phalanthus) holding a distaff and acrostolion left, ΑΝΘ behind, 5.59g, 12h (SNG Cop 898; Vlasto 480; Evans VII, G, 1). Iridescent toning, well centred, very fine. £450-500 6 Calabria, Tarentum, Diobol, c.330 BC, head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet, decorated with hippocampus, rev ΤΑΡΑΣ, youthful, nude Heracles kneeling right, wrestling with the Nemean lion, 1.20g, 6h (S 351; BMC 352; SNG Lockett 296). A scratch on the obverse, otherwise very fine and of very nice style. £120-150 7 Lucania, Metapontum, incuse Stater, 530-510 BC, ΜΕΤΑ, ear of barley, rev the same type incuse, 7.39g, 12h (SNG Cop 1161; Noe 114; Gorini 12). Good very fine. £450-500 8 Lucania, Metapontum, Stater, c.340-330 BC, head of Demeter left, hair tucked up under barley wreath, rev ΜΕ-ΤΑ, ear of barley with leaf to right, caduceus and ΛΥ on left, 7.54g, 3h (BMC 118; Historia Numorum Italy 1556; Johnston 1990, A1.6; SNG Cop 1205-1207 var). Very fine. £350-400 9 Lucania, Metapontum, Stater, c.380 BC, laureate head of Apollo right, rev ΜΕΤΑ, ear of barley with leaf on right, 7.69g, 3h (Noe, 461o; SNG Cop 1199). Very fine and very rare, with a good pedigree. £800-900 ex Hirsch XXVI, 1910, lot 249 ex Bement Collection, Naville VI, 1923, lot 172 ex Lockett Collection, lot 279 (SNG Lockett 393) ex Sotheby’s, 19-20 April 1993, lot 268 10 Lucania, Metapontum, Stater, c.320 BC, head of Demeter facing three-quarters right, hair under barley wreath, rev [ΜΕΤΑ], ear of barley with leaf to right, bucranium to right and AO, 7.66g, 12h (BMC 117; Johnston C2; SNG Cop 1220). About very fine and rare, with a good pedigree. £300-350 ex Pozzi Collection, lot 196 ex Lockett Collection, lot 303 (SNG Lockett 417) ex Sotheby’s, 19th - 20th April 1993, lot 269 11 Lucania, Metapontum, Stater, 330-320 BC, head of Persephone left, rev ΜΕΤΑ, ear of barley; leaf to left, tongs and ΑΘΑ on left, 7.74g, 3h (Johnston 1990, C4, 4; SNG Cop 1222; Lockett 418). Nearly very fine/very fine. £350-400 12 Lucania, Thurium, Stater, 4th Century BC, head of Athena right, wearing helmet decorated with Scylla, on neck-piece TI, rev ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ, bull right, ΕΥΦΑ above, in exergue fish right, 8.05g, 3h (SNG Cop 1462). Iridescent toning very fine. £450-500 13 Lucania, Velia, Didrachm, 290-280/275 BC, head of Athena left, helmet decorated with a griffin and a palmette on neck-piece, IE behind, A in front, rev ΥΕΛΗΤ (ΩΝ), lion attacking stag left, 7.49g, 6h (Williams 1992, 541-567; SNG Cop 1535-1537). Very fine. £350-400 ANCIENT COINS 14 Lucania, Velia, Didrachm, 4th Century BC, helmeted of Athena left, behind monogram, rev ΥΕΛΗΤΩΝ, lion left, gnawing stag’s head, monogram beneath, 7.36g, 12h (SNG Cop 1566). Nice iridescent patina, good very fine. £400-450 Sicily 15 Agrigentum, Tetradrachm, period of finest art, before 413 BC, Α-Κ-Ρ-Α-Γ, two eagles standing right, on supine hare, the distant one with spread wings, about to tear apart the prey; the nearest one with folded wings, raising its head and screaming, rev ΑΚΡΑ-ΓΑ-ΝΤΙΝ-ΟΝ, crab and Scylla, her right hand raised, dog beneath, 17.33g, 12h (BMC p.12, 61; Pozzi 389; SNG Cop -; SNG Lockett -). Good very fine, once cleaned but extremely rare. £20000-25000 16 Agrigentum, Didrachm, c.480 BC, ΑΚΡΑ, eagle standing right in front of ivy leaf, rev crab facing, 8.78g, 3h (Jenkins, Gela, p.163; SNG Cop -). Die flaw before eagle, good very fine. £400-450 ex Lockett Collection, lot 582 (SNG Lockett 698) ex Sotheby’s, 19-20 April 1993, lot 275 17 Agrigentum, Litra, before 413 BC, ΑΚ-ΡΑ, eagle standing left on ionic capital, rev crab, ΛΙ beneath, 0.70g, 3h (SNG Cop 48; SNG ANS 989; Babelon LXXVIII, 16). Very fine. £120-150 18 Himera, Hemilitron, 420-413 BC, young goat-rider right, blowing on shell, Corinthian helmet below, rev Nike flying left, holding aphlastron, six pellets on left, 7.33g, 9h (Gabrici 23; SNG Cop 48). Nice jade-like patina, extremely fine. £250-300 19 Himera, Hemilitron, 413-408 BC, IM, female head left, in front six pellets, rev laurel-wreath in which six pellets, 4.16g, 3h (SNG Cop 320). Nice dark green patina, about extremely fine. £100-120 20 Selinus, Didrachm, 480-466 BC, parsley-leaf, wolf’s head at base, rev incuse square of ten sections, 8.97g (SNG Cop 591-593). Very fine. £350-400 21 Syracuse, Tetradrachm, 485-479 BC, quadriga right, above, Nike crowning horses, rev ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ, head of Arethusa-Artemis right, four dolphins around, 17.22g, 6h (cf SNG Cop 628; Boehringer, group III, 324 (V159, R227)). Nice patina, good very fine. £400-450 22 Syracuse, signed Tetradrachm by Phrygillos, c.413-399 BC, ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ, head of Arethusa-Artemis left, hair in a sphendone, four dolphins around, on the ampyx signature of Phrygillos, ΦΡΥ, rev quadriga left, in exergue ear of barley left, 17.23g, 12h (Tudeer 53). Good fine. £500-600 23 Syracuse, Corinthian Stater, first period of the reign of Agathocles, c.317-310 BC, helmeted head of Athena right, decorated with a griffin, rev ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ. Pegasus right, trisceles below, 8.41g, 3h (SNG Cop 750-751). Good very fine/extremely fine with iridescent toning. £350-400 24 Syracuse, Tetradrachm, first period of the reign of Agathocles, c.317-310 BC, head of Arethusa-Artemis left, NK below, three dolphins around, rev ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ and monogram in exergue, quadriga left, trisceles above, 17.15g, 3h (SNG Cop 754). Nice patina, nice style, about very fine. £350-400 25 Syracuse, 16-Litrae, reign of Hieron II, 274-216 BC, diademed and veiled head of Philistis left, letter Σ and leaf behind, rev ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑΣ / ΦΙΛΙΣΤΙ∆ΟΣ, quadriga driven by Nike right, E below forelegs, 13.86g, 12h (SNG Cop 823; BMC 543). Nice patina, nice style, about very fine. £400-450 26 Syracuse, Bronze Coin, Heracles wearing lion’s skin left, rev ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ, Athena standing right, holding spear and shield, 9.22g, 7h (cf SNG Cop 813-815). Good very fine. £120-150 27 Siculo-Punic, Tetradrachm, c.320 BC, head of Persephone-Tanit left with corn-wreath, three dolphins around, rev horse’s head left, palm tree behind, 17.12g, 9h (Jenkins pl.14, 192 = SNG Lockett 1052, this coin). Horse’s left eye weak, good pedigree, very fine. £900-1100 ex Lockett Collection, lot 957 (SNG Lockett 1052) 28 Siculo-Punic, Didrachm, late 3rd Century BC, head of Persephone-Tanit left with corn-wreath, rev horse standing right turning his head left in front of a date-palm tree, star in front, 7.56g, 12h (SNG Lockett 1059-1060). Iridescent toning on the obverse, very fine. £300-350 ANCIENT COINS Thrace 29 Byzantium, Rhodian Tetradrachm, 357-340 BC, ΥΠΥ, heifer on dolphin left, monogram on left, rev quadripartite incuse square with pattern of dots, 14.94g (SNG Cop 481-482). Very fine. £350-400 30 Maroneia, Tetradrachm after 146, head of young Dionysos to right wearing diadem and ivy wreath, rev ∆ΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, in exergue ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ, Dionysos standing left holding bunch of grapes, two spears and cloak, on each side a monogram, 15.96g, 12h (SNG Cop 637ff var; BMC 59). Good very fine/about very fine. £130-160 ex Glendining’s, 3 February 1993, lot 16 Thracian islands 31 Samothrace, Diobol, c.500-475 BC, sphinx seated left, raising right foreleg, rev quadripartite incuse square, 1.90g (SNG Lockett 1209; SNG Oxford 3638; Schwabacher, Ein Fund archaischer Münzen von Samothrake, Transactions of the INC, London 1936 (1938), 110, 2; SNG Cop -). About extremely fine and very rare. £700-800 32 Thasos, Stater, 550-463 BC, Satyr ravishing Nymph, rev incuse square, 8.86g (SNG Lockett 1176; SNG Cop 1010 var; Pozzi 1130). Nice dark patina, about extremely fine. £500-600 Thracian Kingdom 33 Lysimachos (306-281 BC), Drachm, types of Alexander the Great, c.301-297 BC, head of young Heracles right, clad in lion's skin, rev ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre, forepart of lion and crescent on left, pentagram under the throne, 4.31g, 12h (SNG Cop 1078). Nice patina, large flan, very fine.
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    Ancient Coin Reference Guide Part One Compiled by Ron Rutkowsky When I first began collecting ancient coins I started to put together a guide which would help me to identify them and to learn more about their history. Over the years this has developed into several notebooks filled with what I felt would be useful information. My plan now is to make all this information available to other collectors of ancient coinage. I cannot claim any credit for this information; it has all come from many sources including the internet. Throughout this reference I use the old era terms of BC (Before Christ) and AD (Anno Domni, year of our Lord) rather than the more politically correct BCE (Before the Christian era) and CE (Christian era). Rome With most collections, there must be a starting point. Mine was with Roman coinage. The history of Rome is a subject that we all learned about in school. From Julius Caesar, Marc Anthony, to Constantine the Great and the fall of the empire in the late 5th century AD. Rome first came into being around the year 753 BC, when it was ruled under noble families that descended from the Etruscans. During those early days, it was ruled by kings. Later the Republic ruled by a Senate headed by a Consul whose term of office was one year replaced the kingdom. The Senate lasted until Julius Caesar took over as a dictator in 47 BC and was murdered on March 15, 44 BC. I will skip over the years until 27 BC when Octavian (Augustus) ended the Republic and the Roman Empire was formed making him the first emperor.
  • The Face of Caesar

    The Face of Caesar

    Facial transformations of ancient portraits: the face of Caesar Amelia Carolina Sparavigna Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Some software solutions used to obtain the facial transformations can help investigating the artistic metamorphosis of the ancient portraits of the same person. An analysis with a freely available software of portraitures of Julius Caesar is proposed, showing his several “morphs”. The software helps enhancing the mood the artist added to a portrait. In image processing, a facial transformation can be used to simulate rejuvenation or aging of faces, and even to produce variations, the morphs, from a face into another, often through the smooth transitions of a metamorphic sequence. However, if we consider the representation of a face in painting, photography or sculpture, here too we can find a sort of morph, in particular when the face expression is the predominant feature of the portraiture. In fact, the intent of a portrait is not only to display the face, but also to show the mood of the person. As a result, as told in [1], for some viewers a portrait is a sort of living being: “Portraits contain images that with bewildering success pretend not to be signs or tokens invented by artists, but rather aim to represent the manner in which their subjects would appear to the viewer in life”. In ancient times, the sculptures in marble or stone and casts in bronze were the means to preserve the likenesses of men of distinction [2]. Portraits on substrates having lesser durability and resistance such as on wood and canvas existed, however they rarely survived, such as some mummy portraits of the Egyptian Ptolemaic Dynasty [3].